OS 2.1.0.1088 for the 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook now available

With the BlackBerry PlayBook WiFi having long recieved its update to OS 2.1 as a whole, it's now time for the 4G LTE PlayBook to get some love as well. Despite previous reports of it having already been sent out, if you go ahead and check for updates you'll find OS 2.1.0.1088 is available for download. As expected, you'll find this release has all the same goodies added as OS 2.1.0.1032 for the BlackBerry PlayBook WiFi and the fixes from OS 2.1.0.1088.

Updated BlackBerry Bridge: Now you can view, respond and compose new SMS messages on their BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet when connected to a BlackBerry smartphone over Bluetooth®. You’ll also enjoy increased performance and speed of other BlackBerry Bridge functions as well. So you can do more, more efficiently. Txt away, my friends.

Email and PIM Enhancements: You’ve asked for it and we’ve delivered portrait support for email, calendar and contacts, giving you the option to use your tablet in either orientation to message. This will definitely come in handy for those of you who enjoy thumb typing in portrait mode like I do.

Improved Android Application Support: Includes Multi-Window Applications, Camera Support and In-App Payments. We all love a richer app experience, and with the improvements to the Android runtime, that’s just what you’ll get. Running the applications in separate windows allows you to multi-task between Android apps easier, and in-app payments will make it easier for you to enhance your app content. Game on!

If you're a 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook owner, go ahead and grab the update and don't forget to drop by the CrackBerry forums and let us know how things are working out for you.

+1. The usual response is "well for the 4g one the cellular stack needs approval". But when you look at it the way you mentioned iOS always have both at the time time...so it is possible. Please advise.

Its not RIM who held it back it was your carrier. Have fun with IOS the oldest platform out. and while Apple locks you into their way of how the user experience should be,Ill be enjoying BlackBerry10 with the best browser hands down on the market ,true multi tasking,Beautiful Cascades built native apps along with uncompromising web experience. Ie Flash and the best html5 scores you can get.

Your Mamma teach you to talk to femakes that way? What in my post makes me a "douche"? All I did was point out some facts about BB10 and some facts about ios. I didn't call anyone names or insult anyone unlike you...so maybe its best you be quiet the next time you feel like voicing your opinion ,Okay? :) have a nice Thanksgiving Douche...oops I stooped down to your level.

And his will be the NEXT thing people complain about and use as an excuse to hate RIM. Can see it now "The OS is great, but those updates are hit and miss"

If Apple and Google can update their software across the board then RIM needs to be able to do the same. The bar has been raised, lets not merely meet the minimum expectation, lets see RIM go so high over the bar that people forget the bar was even there !!!

Lets make this happen RIM. I know we are all asking a lot of you lately, but we have faith and know you can do it !!!

Ok so here is the scoop. Bell and Telus version LTE PlayBook users can stop hitting the update button. They have not pushed out the 2.1 update as of yet.

Rogers LTE PlayBook version owners. You should now have your 2.1 update. If you are not getting the update notification and you cannot manually get the update then you should call RIM customer service.

The rest of us should be receiving the update within the next few days. If you get the update on a Bell or Telus version please return and share the information including which version you have.

If you're using an unlock PlayBook on a non-original network, you're out of luck for now. You MUST have access to a SIM card from the original carrier's network so that your PlayBook can ping the carrier's server and be flagged to receive the update.

I have a ticket open to get this done without having to do that, but who knows if it'll even happen.

alex, thanks for this info. can you confirm that the box of your factory unlocked PlayBook was originally from Rogers? please check the side of the box for mention of the original carrier. this could provie the theory that the original carrier micro SIM is indeed a requirement to get this update.

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